The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.

America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.

I feel as though that was someone else playing. I was possessed!

I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists.